Two pregnant women have escaped dangerous floodwaters in Queensland just in time to deliver their miracle babies.
Krystle Henry was forced into a kayak as floodwaters rose just 24 hours before her scheduled caesarean.
The heavily pregnant woman woke in her Brisbane home surrounded by water after a “rain bomb” exploded over the state’s southeast.
The Taringa resident was saved by a brave neighbour who used his motorised kayak to get her to dry land.
Ms Henry’s husband Matt Bridges said he arrived at the hospital just in time for the dramatic arrival of baby Angus.
“I didn’t even get to kiss her goodbye. I just put her on the boat and sent her off,” Mr Bridges said.
“I‘m so glad I got to the delivery room in time,”
“We had our game faces on when it was all happening, but when we were reflecting on it later, we were just so relieved we could have the baby on time and safely,”
Mater obstetrician Dr Paul Conaghan said he had never delivered a baby in such chaotic circumstances.
“Considering the situation, Krystle and Matt remained very calm. ”he said.
“I couldn’t imagine being 39 weeks pregnant and stuck in flood waters,”
The besotted couple have labelled Angus a “flood baby”.
This is the parents second chaotic delivery after the arrival of their first born child during the COVID pandemic in 2020.
Just minutes down the road, another pregnant couple found themselves trapped by floodwaters.
On Monday, Felicity Jacques was left cut off from surrounding hosxjmtzywpitals in her in-laws’ apartment after floodwaters rose to the top of the nearby traffic lights.
Ms Jacques’s mother-in-law made the bold decision to get her to safety following a day-long power outage and over a year’s worth of rain in just three days.
The pregnant woman walked down eight flights of stairs before she was rescued by SES crew on a rubber lifeboat.
The couple welcomed their baby boy Andrew just hours after evacuating one of the state’s most devastating natural disasters.
“I‘m so relived he’s here, he’s definitely is a little miracle,” Ms Jacques said.
“I wasn’t expecting it, it was just a whirlwind really,”
The Mater Mothers’ Hospital in South Brisbane has delivered more than 188 babies in the past week.
